Carpet-stretcher



{No Model.)

' G. D. HARTSUCK.

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Patented May 11, 1880.

"firings, PMOTO-UTNOGRAPH UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE D. HARTSUOK, OF KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA.

CARPET-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 227,524, dated May 11, 1880.

Application filed April 3, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. HARTSUGK, of Kendallville, in the county of Noble, and in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet- Stretchers; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a carpetstretcher, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my carpet-' stretcher. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

A represents a metallic bar of any suitable dimensions, having one end bent upward and then turned over downward to form a single tooth, B. At the other end the bar A is provided with a block, a, to'which is hinged one end of a jointedlever, O 0, though said block may be dispensed with and the lever hinged directly to the end of the metallic bar, which in that case should be turned upward, as shown. The other end of the jointed lever O O is hinged toa head, D, which slides on the bar A, and is provided with a series of small teeth, b.

For stretching a carpet the single tooth B is driven into the floor close to the wash-board, the bar A extending inward over the carpet. The jointed lever is broken or raised in the center and the teeth b of the head D made to take into the carpet. By now pressing down on the jointed lever so as to straighten the same the toothed head will pull the carpet toward the wash-board, where it may be fastened by any suitable means.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The Within-described carpet-stretcher, consisting of the metallic bar A, with tooth B at one end, jointed lever O G, and sliding toothed head D, substantiallyas and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of March, 1880. I

GEORGE 1). HARTSUCK.

Witnesses:

R. P. BARR, E. H. CARPENTER. 

